Article about a 3-year-old horse named Larwin, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, winning the Kentucky Derby horse race. The horse was owned by Herbert Woolf of Kansas City, co-owner of the Woolf Brothers clothing...

Article describes new Harzfeld's store, "the largest operation on the Plaza with the exception of Sears, Roebuck and Co." Designed by Edward W. Tanner and Associates and Neville, Sharp and Simon, the building...

Article describes the 100-year history of Michael's Fine Clothes for Men, 1830 Main St. The store was founded by a Russian immigrant named Michael Novorr in 1905, and in 2005 was co-owned by Novorr's son...

Article discusses the closing of the Junior League Resale Boutique. For more than 75 years the shop provided clothes for needy families. Article gives more information about other programs run by the Junior...

Biographical article about J. C. Penney, a philanthropist and founder of the national clothing store chain by his name, born near Hamilton, Missouri, in 1905 and starting out as a livestock raiser. Description...

Biographical sketch of Montgomery Dayton Stevenson, or Montgomery Stevenson, "outfitter to men" at "No. 1003 Walnut street and also at No. 105 East [10th Street]." Born in Saline County, Missouri in 1870...

Biographical sketch of Mrs. Sarah O'Mara, "a native of Ohio" coming to Kansas City in 1898 "engaged in the conduct of an art and needle-work store and in the manufacture of fine embroidery." Also the wife...

Biographical sketch of William Walton (1823-1901), a cabinet-maker of Iowa leaving his widow (residing at 2632 East 29th Street) and grown children (including Billie Walton, proprietor of a clothing store...